Originally Posted by
inOban
I did. You referred to second-rate charter company. I was suggesting that Primera is not such. By pulling the TATL route using an unsatisfactory a/c they have avoided contaminating their brand.
Since the "second rate charter company" B757 turned up at BHX it doesn't appear to have performed too badly - after the inaugural BHX/EWR that was very late leaving. I would suggest that Airbus have been financing the sub charter until 3 x 321s were delivered, and after that any sub charter bill would be picked up by Primera, which probably made the BHX operation unviable. Otherwise I really cannot see why they would have killed the BHX/EWR right at the start of the high season for leisure travel, and also can BHX/YYZ that was allegedly selling well.
As previous poster have said, with hindsight not even trying to start transatlantic until 2019 may have been better.